"Is it worth it to upgrade to service pack 2?
That depends, most likely yes it is worth it for the hardware and software compatibility improvements, and of course any security benefits as well and the few new additions."

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I don't do enough nitty-gritty stuff on this Vista SP2 machine to feel the difference between now and when it was SP1, but that just means I haven't tried to install something on SP2 that didn't work on SP1. Do it, the folks at Microsoft probably sweat bullets making SP2 after the initial shunning of Vista, and probably has gotten a great deal of care in it's development.

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I thought I was on topic ... read before semi-colon ... seems to be clear enough, relax dude; been on this forum for 7+ yrs, so I know a thing or two about replying I suppose, off course I am not as smart as you are

Service Packs don't just add functionality, they bugfix, tweak and deal with security issues too. So to not bother with an update will leave you open to exploitation in theory. (although saying that about a windows system is inevitable)

Its up to you (left to the discretion of the user). SP is an "update" release not a minor patch with fixes. (It is NOT a major overhaul, that would be a new "release" altogether), we are playing with terminology here, but yes, you can choose to skip Service packs completely, even though Windows would complain.

I mean if you don't wanna get the new Windows 7 (cost factor?), I'd recommend updating to the new service pack, otherwise skip it; why bother when you can have a "much much" better OS at hand (it really is, I have been testing it for some time now, very stable, pretty quick ... best OS from Msft in a long time IMHO).

Its up to you (left to the discretion of the user). SP is an "update" release not a minor patch with fixes. (It is NOT a major overhaul, that would be a new "release" altogether), we are playing with terminology here, but yes, you can choose to skip Service packs completely, even though Windows would complain.

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Again, you misspoke. The correct answer (I looked it up) was that eventually the automatic update feature would update to SP2, so I might as well do it now and I did it.

I mean if you don't wanna get the new Windows 7 (cost factor?),

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Why would I get it unless they really want it to give me for free? It takes me to the same internet. The laptop is rather new, I hate to learn new things and it is a hassle to update. I haven't even learnt the features of Vista yet, I will just eventually skip it when I get a new computer with 7.

Now after updating to SP2 it seems the speed has increased, so that is a plus and looks like it was worth it...

I down loaded SP2, and am so ignorant about that I do know if I too have 5 gigs of junk. How do you tell?

Only thing I have noticed after down loading SP2 was that sites that somehow recognized my computer failed to do so. Most do now but Sicforums makes me log on now first time I visit after a power turn on (after every power turn on) even with the "remember me" box checked. This could be a Sciforums change that just happened after I down loaded SP2, but that would be strange chance.

Also while here instead of new thread, any clomments on MS's new free anti- everything bad? I now have anti-avast + Spy doctor, but do not like it. It tells me I have many low problem "infections" and to get rid of them I must buy the upgrade. Frankly I think they are just making that up as about 100 are tracking cookies and I ran "disk cleanup" to eliminate all cookies and there was no change in the number of "infected" cookies.